Clothespin



July 9, 1929.

W. M. SHERBURNE CLOTHE SPIN Filed July 3, 1928 III. [7. kerzurnePatented July 9, 1929.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WALDO M. SHERBURNE, OF PURPLE SYRINGS, ALBERTA, CANADA.

CLOTHESZPIN.

Application filed July 3,

This invention relates to a clothes pin and has for its primary objectthe provision of an improved type of pin which can be easily and quicklyapplied to the line and which will securely maintain an article inposition thereon.

Another object of the invention is to pro vide, in a manner ashereinafter set forth, a clothes pin which will securely clamp anarticle of clothing to a supporting line without danger of injuring thearticle either while the same is being held in position, or while thepin is being applied or removed.

The invention will be best understood from a consideration of thefollowing detailed description taken in connection with the accomjianying drawing forming part of this specification, with theunderstanding, however, that the invention is not confined to any strictconformity with the showing of the drawings but may be changed ormodified so long as such changes or modifications mark no materialdeparture from the salient features of the invention as expressed in theappended claims.

In the drawings Figure l is a top plan view of the clothes pin embodyingthis invention;

Figure 2 is a view in side elevation showing the clothes pin inposition;

Figure 3 is an end elevational view of the pin.

Referring to the drawing in detail wherein corresponding referencecharacters indicate similar parts throughout the several views, thenumeral 1 indicated generally the body of the clothes pin which, asshown, comprises an elongated piece of material of rectangular crosssectional design, the material prefer ably being wood.

Formed transversely of one longitudinal edge of the body is a relativelybroad slot 2 which is arranged at an angle with respect to the length ofthe body and which extends a substantial distance thereinto. This slotis formed adjacent one end of the body.

Adjacent the other end of the body 1, there secured to one broad face, aline-engaging hook 3, which is preferably formed of galvanized wire andwhich comprises spaced leg portions 4, the outer ends of which areturned to extend over the face of the body setting 1928. Serial No.290,155.

up the hook hill 5, these turned ends being connected. :in the mannershown in Figure 1.

The book 3 mounted upon that face of the body through which opens thatend of the slot- 2 which is directed toward that end of the body remotefrom the slot or that end adjacent which the hook positioned.

From the showing of the drawing, it will be seen that when the clothespin is placed in position upon the line, which is indicated by thenumeral 6, it is first arranged at right angles to the linewith the hookZ3 directed to the right, so that the line can be convenientlypositioned in the slot. The lowermost end of the body is then swungupwardly so that a portion of the line extends longitudinally of theface of the body from which the hook projects and the line is thenengaged under the bill of the hook in the manner shown. It will. bereadily seen that with an article of clothing over the line, the samewill be sccurely gripped, between the line and the body of the pin, attwo points, points 7 and 8, a twistor bend being made in the line whereit passes through the slot, thus tightening the grip on the articlethrough the tension placed upon the line.

Having thus described my invention what I claim is:

1. A clothes pin con'iprising an elongated body having a slot formedtherein adjacent one end and. atan angle with respect to the length ofthe same, and a line engaging hook carried by the body adjacent theother end thereof. said slot having one end directed toward the remoteend of the body through that side from which the said hook projc 2. Aclothes pin, comprising an elongated flat body having av slot formedtransversely of one side edge obliquely thereof and adjacent one end,for the reception of a clothes line, and a line engaging hook secured inone side face of the body adjacent the opposite end thereof, said hookcomprising a pair of legs each secured at one end in the body and turnedat substantially right angles at their other ends to projecttransversely oi the body and connected by a yoke at their terminals.

In testimony whereof I hereunto allix my signatuie.

WALDO M. SHER-BURNE.

